https://www.wuhan.gov.cn/wwwz/wh_rywz/wh_rywz01/wh_rywz011/202412/t20241222_2506343.shtml
In 2022, Wuhan was selected to construct a national “waste-free city” (zero waste city).
Wuhan is approaching this goal in five areas: “industry, agriculture, living, construction, and hazardous waste”, supported by four systems “system, technology, market, and supervision”.
The construction of a “waste-free city” is an advanced urban management concept. The aim is to strengthen the reduction of solid waste at the source of generation, improve the level of comprehensive recycling of waste resources, effectively ensure harmless treatment capacity, and minimize the amount of solid waste landfilled by promoting the formation of green development methods and lifestyles.
According to Ren Xianyou, deputy director of Wuhan Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau, the city has completed a total of 110 major tasks and 31 solid waste utilization and treatment projects. At present, Wuhan has achieved new results in the green and low-carbon development of industry and further consolidated the foundation for green development of agriculture. The concept of green and low-carbon life has been deeply engraved in people’s hearts, the comprehensive utilization rate of construction waste has increased significantly, and the supervision, management and treatment system of hazardous waste has gradually been improved.
Wuhan has now more than 50 national-level green factories, more than 100 provincial-level green factories, and more than 200 city-level “waste-free factories.” This year, Wuhan has newly certified 37 pollution-free agricultural products, green foods, organic agricultural products, and agricultural product geographical indications, established 1,487 “waste-free cells” (various production and living units that excel at reducing solid waste at source, recycling resources, and disposing of it harmlessly). The usage rate of green packaging for parcel delivery has reached 90%. It has deepened the promotion of pilot projects for the collection of hazardous waste by small and micro enterprises, and incorporated 2,752 small and micro enterprises into the Internet of Things (IoT) management, effectively resolving the “last mile” challenge of hazardous waste collection for small and micro enterprises.
In the future, the city will coordinate urban development and solid waste management, and vigorously promote the reduction, resource utilization, and harmlessness of solid waste.
